Panamá la Vieja
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Panamá la Vieja is the archaeological site of the original 16th-century Spanish settlement that became the first iteration of Panama City and one of the earliest European cities on the Pacific coast of the Americas.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Panamá Viejo | 2 |
| Old Panama | 1 |
| Panama Canal area (historical precursor) | 1 |
| Panamá la Vieja canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T762056 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Panamá la Vieja Context triple: [Panama City, foundedAs, Panamá la Vieja]
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A.
Panama
Panama is a Central American country known for the Panama Canal, a major international shipping route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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B.
San Cristóbal
San Cristóbal is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua and one of the most prominent and frequently erupting volcanoes in the Central American region.
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C.
Aracataca
Aracataca is a town in northern Colombia best known as the birthplace of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez and the real-life inspiration for the fictional village of Macondo in his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
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D.
Antigua
Antigua is a Caribbean island nation renowned for its numerous white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and role as a major tourist destination in the Lesser Antilles.
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E.
Portobelo
Portobelo is a historic Caribbean port town in present-day Panama that served as a key Spanish colonial hub for shipping South American silver and goods to Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Panamá la Vieja Target entity description: Panamá la Vieja is the archaeological site of the original 16th-century Spanish settlement that became the first iteration of Panama City and one of the earliest European cities on the Pacific coast of the Americas.
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A.
Panama
Panama is a Central American country known for the Panama Canal, a major international shipping route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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B.
San Cristóbal
San Cristóbal is an active stratovolcano in northwestern Nicaragua and one of the most prominent and frequently erupting volcanoes in the Central American region.
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C.
Aracataca
Aracataca is a town in northern Colombia best known as the birthplace of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez and the real-life inspiration for the fictional village of Macondo in his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
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D.
Antigua
Antigua is a Caribbean island nation renowned for its numerous white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and role as a major tourist destination in the Lesser Antilles.
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E.
Portobelo
Portobelo is a historic Caribbean port town in present-day Panama that served as a key Spanish colonial hub for shipping South American silver and goods to Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
former settlement ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| abandonedAfter | 1671 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Panama Canal route precursor
ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | protected archaeological park ⓘ |
| country | Panama ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
Henry Morgan
ⓘ
pirate attack ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | 1671 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | Panama City ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Pedro Arias Dávila ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1519-08-15 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Patronato Panamá Viejo
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surface form:
Panamá Viejo Cathedral tower
|
| hasMuseum | on-site visitors center and museum ⓘ |
| hasRuinsOf |
cathedral
ⓘ
colonial houses ⓘ convents ⓘ defensive structures ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| isOneOf | earliest European cities on the Pacific coast of the Americas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Panama City
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Panamá Province ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Pacific coast of Panama
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Pacific coast of the Americas ⓘ |
| managementBy | Patronato Panamá Viejo ⓘ |
| near |
Gulf of Panama
ⓘ
surface form:
Bay of Panama
|
| officialNameInSpanish |
Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo
ⓘ
surface form:
Sitio Arqueológico de Panamá Viejo
|
| partOf |
Historic District of Panama City with the Salón Bolívar
ⓘ
surface form:
Historic District of Panama City and Panamá Viejo
|
| region |
Latin America
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin America and the Caribbean
|
| significance |
first permanent European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas
ⓘ
key node in Spanish transisthmian trade route ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Casco Viejo
ⓘ
Historic District of Panama City with the Salón Bolívar ⓘ
surface form:
Historic District of Panama City
|
| timePeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| tourismAttraction | major cultural tourism site in Panama ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteId | 790 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(ii)
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(iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageExtensionYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1997 ⓘ |
| usedFor | transshipment of Peruvian silver ⓘ |
| wasFirstIterationOf | Panama City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Panamá la Vieja Description of subject: Panamá la Vieja is the archaeological site of the original 16th-century Spanish settlement that became the first iteration of Panama City and one of the earliest European cities on the Pacific coast of the Americas.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Panama Canal area (historical precursor)
this entity surface form:
Panamá Viejo
this entity surface form:
Old Panama
this entity surface form:
Panamá Viejo